NYC: December 17, 2011 at Gallery 151. Holiday Toy Drive for the children of Haiti. With live painting by Ari Lankin and Borbay!

New York City. This is what the holidays are all about – GIVING! With that being said, Gallery 151 (located at 132 West 18th Street) is holding a holiday toy drive on December 17, 2011 (from 7-11 PM) to benefit the children of Haiti.

The event will feature live painting from Ari Lankin and Borbay and will be hosted by CNN’s Ines Ferre. In addition, there will be live music by Kate Natua and a DJ set by Super Jaimie. Complementary cocktails and hors d’oeuvres will be flowing all night long, so don’t miss this!

Want to hear The Flaming Lips’ lead singer Wanye Coyne sing your name in a song? Of course you do!

Make your dream come true AND help out a good cause at the same time.

The Flaming Lips are recording an epic six hour long track called ‘Found A Star On The Ground’ to raise money for both the Central Oklahoma Humane Society and the Academy of Contemporary Music at the University of Central Oklahoma.

Finally! My beloved George Michael is making headlines for music again! Last month, he released a cover of New Order’s “True Faith” and donated all the proceeds to charity. The singer announced via Twitter that he’d be recording a cover song for Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding. He asked fans to make song suggestions (and of course, I picked “When 2 R In Love” by Prince – fingers crossed). The song will be available for download for free on CNN beginning April 15, 2011. In lieu of paying to download the track, George requests that you make a donation to the Prince William and Kate Middleton Charitable Gift Fund. You can learn more and make your donation here.

A few other bits of George Michael news revealed over the last few weeks via his Twitter account:

-He’s making a dance album

-He’ll be touring again (though on a smaller scale than his “25 Live Tour.”)

-He used the expression “Cock Piss Bastard.” (I just had to throw that in, because I’ve been laughing about that one for days!) Thanks for that George!